Sentences with phrase «ordered school aid increases»
Cuomo's education cuts were particularly stinging to some advocates because the state has not made good on court ordered school aid increases to underprivileged school districts.
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The State Board of Regents says school aid needs to be increased by more than twice the amount the governor has proposed, to $ 2.1 billion, in order to begin to fulfill the court order.
The State Board of Regents said school aid needs to be increased by $ 2.1 billion — more than twice the amount the governor has proposed — to begin to fulfill the court order.
The budget linked a boost in school aid to the measures, which lawmakers reluctantly agreed to accept it in order to provide the $ 1.3 billion increase.
Speaking to a Long Island business group on Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said the minimum wage increase was a compromise in order to get a tax cut and a boost in school aid.
Gergen also spoke about the need to increase student funding and financial aid at Harvard's public - service schools in order to attract the best students and lessen the burden of education debt.
The courts have been heavily involved in school spending, ordering vast increases in state aid in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision.
As New York lawmakers hammered out the state budget Monday, state education department officials said the latest proposal would require many school districts to quickly revise their evaluation agreements with teachers unions in order to get increased school aid.
Malloy claims that his «initiative» is providing Connecticut's 30 most struggling school districts with another $ 132 million in state aid, but the truth is that this year's increase is only about $ 45 million and that in order to get those funds, school districts were required to accept a series of new mandates and programs aimed at further implementing Malloy's corporate education reform agenda and diverting scarce public dollars to private companies.
• If N.J. Supreme Court orders increased school aid, Gov. Christie says not complying is among «options»
In order to increase volume, some lenders weakened underwriting standards and began bypassing school financial aid offices to market loans directly to borrowers.